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Lake Cuowomo, China
29.794222°,86.940833° - Vantor
The ultramarine waters of Lake Cuowomo add color to the landscape in Ngamring County, a remote section of the Tibet Autonomous Region in China. This lake, among others in Tibet, were favorite sites of NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly during his "Year in Space" mission in 2015-16.
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)
41.978806°,-87.902833° - Nearmap
O'Hare International Airport — located in the far northwest corner of Chicago, Illinois — is the sixth-busiest passenger airport in the world. It provides direct flights to 217 destinations in North America, South America, Asia, Africa and Europe. In 2017, O'Hare served more than 79.8 million passengers.
Khawr Abd Allah Estuary Overturned Boat
30.001528°,47.995083° - Vantor
A large boat lies overturned in the Khawr Abd Allah estuary, near the city of Umm Qasr in southern Iraq. Since this waterway is close to Iraq’s borders with Kuwait and Iran, it has played an important role in regional conflicts, such as the Iran-Iraq War and the First Gulf War.
Kvíslavatn
64.558333°,-18.578750° - Vantor
Kvíslavatn is a lake in the Highlands of Iceland, just southeast of the Hofsjökull glacier. It covers an area of roughly 7.75 square miles (20 sq. km) and reaches a depth of 36 feet (11 m). The Icelandic Highlands cover nearly all of the country’s interior and are mostly an uninhabitable volcanic desert.
King River
-42.190139°,145.429806° - Vantor
Wispy clouds follow the route of the King River through southwestern Tasmania, Australia. Tasmania is an island state of Australia located 150 miles (240km) off the mainland, and much of its 26,410-square-mile (68,401 sq. km) landmass is still densely forested. In this Overview, the King River flows through the Teepookana Forest Reserve, a protected area that spans more than 1.2 million acres (500,000 hectares).
Statue of Liberty
40.689167°,-74.044444° - Nearmap
The incredible shot shows the Statue of Liberty in New York City. The colossal copper structure depicts a robed female figure — Libertas, the Roman goddess of liberty — who bears a torch and a tablet upon which is inscribed the date of the American Declaration of Independence — July 4, 1776. The statue is an American icon of freedom and a welcoming sight to immigrants arriving from abroad.
Saronic Gulf Fish Farming
37.609583°,23.317778° - Vantor
Check out this Overview, which shows a fish farming operation in the Saronic Gulf, just off the eastern tip of Greece’s Peloponnese peninsula. Fish farming — or pisciculture — involves raising fish in tanks or enclosures, usually for food. In 2015, Greece had at least 300 of these farms and raised more than 242 million pounds (109 million kg) of fish and mussels.
Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange
33.928917°,-118.280583° - Nearmap
The Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange is a 130-foot-tall (40 m) stack interchange near the Athens and Watts communities of Los Angeles, California. It is formed by the intersection of Interstate 105 (Glenn M. Anderson Freeway) and Interstate 110 (Harbor Freeway). For a full weekend in 2015, one of the interchange ramps was closed for filming the opening musical number of “La La Land.”
Great Salt Lake Evaporation Ponds
41.294750°,-112.258444° - Vantor
Evaporation ponds in the Great Salt Lake, Utah, are pictured in this Overview. The Great Salt Lake contributes an estimated $1.3 billion annually to Utah’s economy, including $1.1 billion from industry, which is mostly due to mineral extraction. Minerals extracted from the lake include sodium chloride, potassium sulfate, and magnesium-chloride.
Orlando International Airport (MCO)
28.429444°,-81.308889° - Nearmap
Orlando International Airport is a major public airport located six miles (10 km) southeast of Downtown Orlando, Florida. It is the busiest airport in Florida and the eleventh-busiest in the United States, handling more than 44.5 million passengers in 2017. Its hub-and-spoke layout features a large main terminal building surrounded by four airside concourses, with a total of 129 gates.
SLC Aircraft Rescue Firefighter Training Center
40.805778°,-111.988306° - Vantor
The charred body of an airplane sits on the grounds of the Salt Lake City Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighter Training Center, just outside of the city’s international airport. Opened in 1997, this facility was the first training center of its kind in the Western United States. However, due to its age and cost of maintenance, the center is expected to close this June.
Bandar Imam Khomeini Chemical Complex
30.471667°,49.099444° - Vantor
The Bandar Imam Khomeini petrochemical complex is Iran’s largest supplier of petrochemicals for export, generating millions of tons of petroleum-based products every year. Located in Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan Province, the complex is seen in this Overview adjacent to Musa Bay, a shallow estuary that empties into the Persian Gulf.
Wat Phra Dhammakaya
14.082361°,100.647750° - Vantor
Wat Phra Dhammakaya is a Buddhist temple in the Khlong Luang District of Thailand, roughly 30 miles north of Bangkok. Established in 1970, the temple uses modern methods and technology to encourage a revival of traditional Buddhist values. Its methods have stirred controversy in Thailand and even caused the ruling military junta to temporarily lock it down in 2017.
Andean Mountain Vineyards
-32.818694°,-70.835639° - Vantor
Vineyards line the foothills of the Andean Mountains in Chile’s Valparaíso Region, roughly 55 miles (88 km) north of Santiago. Grapes grown in this wine region, called the Aconcagua Valley, are often irrigated with snow melt from surrounding mountains and have produced red wines of international acclaim.
Cleveland Volcano Eruption
52.821694°,-169.946667° - NASA
Check out this incredible shot, which shows the eruption of Cleveland Volcano in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands. It was captured in May 2006 by an Expedition 13 crew member aboard the International Space Station. Mount Cleveland is one of the most active volcanoes in the Aleutian Arc, having erupted an estimated 22 times in the last 230 years.
Jiangsu Province Bagua
31.647722°,119.533556° - Vantor
An earth-formed Bagua arrangement is pictured amid the shallow waters of Changdang Lake, in China’s Jiangsu Province. An important symbol in Taoist cosmology, the Bagua consists of a yin-yang surrounded by eight sets of three-line patterns. This particular arrangement, known as “Later Heaven,” is symbolic of achieving balance and accepting change as time passes.
Sahara Desert Sand Dunes
23.100944°,-7.117417° - Vantor
Sand dunes zigzag across the Sahara Desert in the Tiris Zemmour Region of Mauritania. Since the majority of Mauritania is covered by desert, temporary dune ranges like those in this Overview can form, disappear and reform as sands shift. Average rainfall in Tiris Zemmour is around 3.9 inches (100mm) per year.
March For Our Lives
38.893596°,-77.014570° - Vantor
An estimated crowd of 200,000 people attended the March For Our Lives in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. A section of Pennsylvania Avenue, stretching from the U.S. Capitol Building up towards The White House, is seen covered with participants here. Led by students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the march sought to raise awareness of gun violence and called for increased gun control legislation. In addition to the event in Washington, hundreds of others took place throughout the United States and around the world.
Tibet Colorful Mountains
29.907778°,86.555000° - Vantor
Bright colors accent the peaks and valleys of a mountain range in Ngamring County, a remote section of the Tibet Autonomous Region in China. Population density in this area is slightly more than 4 people per square mile, or 2.5 per square kilometer.
Perito Moreno Glacier
-50.536843°,-73.195237° - Vantor
The Perito Moreno Glacier is located in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. The 250 square kilometer (97 square mile) ice formation stretches for 30 kilometres (19 miles) and represents the world’s third largest reserve of fresh water.
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